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So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him, "So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!"

So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther.

Queen Esther replied, "If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king's rage then abated.

She said, "If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king's provinces.

A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that day to avenge themselves from their enemies.

Esther replied, "If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today's law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows."

So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.

So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."

So the Lord said to Satan, "All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord .

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

So the Lord said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life."

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord , and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

"Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good."

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.